How do I Open my Works, WordPad, or OpenOffice Document?

To open a Works or OpenOffice/LibreOffice word processing document in Word, follow these steps:

Start Word.

Select the "Open Other Documents" link

To locate your document select "Computer" and then click the "Browse" button.

Locate where the file is Saved [USB Drive]

Select "All Files" from the Files of type drop-down menu

Select the Works (.wps) or OpenOffice/LibreOffice (.odt) word processing document that you want to open, and then click Open.

* NOTE * Some of the formatting of the document may have changed; double-check your document before printing or submitting. If you want your document to be compatable with both Works and Word you may want to change the "Save as Type" to "Rich Text Format" or "RTF".

How do I Open my Mac .pages file to edit and print?

Before submitting your work to your Professor your Pages file will most likely need to be converted to Word's .doc or .docx format.

To save your document from Pages into Word, with the document open, go to the File menu in Pages and then click the Export... option.